Halliwell Hobbes
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Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 1877 – 20 February 1962) was an English actor. His stage debut was in 1898, playing in Shakespearean rep alongside actors such as Ellen Terry and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. His earliest American work was as an actor and director from 1906, before moving to Hollywood in early 1929 (aged 51) to play older men's roles such as clerics, butlers, doctors, lords and diplomats.
Receiving fewer film roles during the 1940s (though he still managed to have been in over 100 films by 1949), he moved back to Broadway by mid-1940, appearing in Romeo and Juliet as Lord Capulet and continuing there until late 1955. By 1950 he had moved to American television in the diverse playhouse format.
Acted in
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Ely B. Windgate
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as Nicholas Forsyte
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Martin
The Black Arrow
1948
as Bishop of Tisbury
If Winter Comes
1947
as The Coroner
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
as Grandfather (clip from "Changing of the Guard", 1936) (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946
as Clenchfield
Casanova Brown
1944
as Charles, the Butler
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Cleghorn, the butler
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Soames (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944
as Mr. Muffin
Information Please
1944
as Lt Eberhard
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Willebrandt
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Alfred Brunton, the butler
Forever and a Day
1943
as Doctor
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Mr. Barrie
The Undying Monster
1942
as Walton the Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Bennett
To Be or Not to Be
1942
as Gen. Armstrong
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Purdy
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Sisk
Sunny
1941
as Johnson
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Rev. Nelson
Lady with Red Hair
1940
as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Burton
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Astronomer
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Lord Chancellor
The Light That Failed
1939
as Doctor
Remember?
1939
as Butler Williams
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
as British Chaplain
Naughty But Nice
1939
as Dean Burton, Winfield College
Tell No Tales
1939
as Dr. Lovelake
The Hardys Ride High
1939
as Dobbs
Pacific Liner
1939
as Captain Mathews
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Clergyman Sliding on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Storm Over Bengal
1938
as Sir John Galt
Service de Luxe
1938
as Butler
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Mr. DePinna
Kidnapped
1938
as Dominie Campbell
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Prof. Bernard Goodman
The Jury's Secret
1938
as John, Butler
Varsity Show
1937
as Dean Meredith
Fit for a King
1937
as Count Strunsky
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Archbishop
Maid of Salem
1937
as Jeremiah
Love Letters of a Star
1936
as Hotchkiss
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Oliver Warren
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Man (uncredited)
Spendthrift
1936
as Beuhl - the Butler
The White Angel
1936
as Lord Raglan
Hearts Divided
1936
as Cambaceres
Changing of the Guard
1936
as Grandfather, the Colonel
Dracula's Daughter
1936
as Police Sgt. Hawkins
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Lister
Here Comes Trouble
1936
as Professor Howard
Captain Blood
1935
as Lord Sunderland (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935
as Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
Jalna
1935
as Ernest Whiteoaks
Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Father Joseph
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Father of Little Girl
Folies Bergère
1935
as Monsieur Paulet
The Right to Live
1935
as Dr. Sir Stephen Barr
Father Brown, Detective
1934
as Sir Leopold Fischer
Menace
1934
as Skinner
We Live Again
1934
as Official
British Agent
1934
as Sir Walter Carrister
She Was a Lady
1934
as George Dane
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as First Bobby
The Key
1934
as General C.O. Furlong
Double Door
1934
as Mr. Chase
Riptide
1934
as Bollard
Mandalay
1934
as Col. Dawson Ames
I Am Suzanne!
1933
as Dr. Lorenzo
Should Ladies Behave
1933
as Louis
If I Were Free
1933
as Burford-Gordon's butler
Lady for a Day
1933
as Butler
The Masquerader
1933
as Brock
Captured!
1933
as British Major General
Midnight Mary
1933
as Churchill
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Malcolm Dearing
Looking Forward
1933
as Mr. James Felton
Cynara
1932
as Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
Payment Deferred
1932
as A Prospective Tenant
6 Hours to Live
1932
as Baron Emil von Sturm
Week Ends Only
1932
as Martin
Man About Town
1932
as Hilton
Devil's Lottery
1932
as Lord Litchfield
Love Affair
1932
as Kibbee
The Menace
1932
as Phillips
Lovers Courageous
1932
as Mr. Smith
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
as Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Smythe
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Roget
The Woman Between
1931
as Barton - the Butler
Five and Ten
1931
as Hopkins (uncredited)
The Bachelor Father
1931
as Larkin
Charley's Aunt
1930
as Stephen Spettigue
The Right of Way
1930
as The Siegneur
Scotland Yard
1930
as Lord St. Arran
Grumpy
1930
as Ruddick
Jealousy
1929
as Rigaud
Lucky In Love
1929